Dagestan

Sulak Canyon

Floor155 m509 ft

Depth: 1,388 m
Rim: 1,732 m
Length: 42.2 km
Tonight: 4°CFog · Wind 8 km/h SW

Sulak Canyon is up to 1,388 m deep: the rim reaches 1,732 m and the floor 155 m, along 42.2 km.

All facts

Floor: 155 m

Open the 3D view

Depth

Depth of Sulak Canyon

Up to 1,388 m deep (typically 551 m) along the 42.2 km in view.

Rim = the lower side's highest point within 6 km. Centreline follows the river (no mapped valley line).

3D map

Sulak Canyon 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 29.4 × 29.4 km

Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Sulak Canyon terrain and contours

100 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 500 mShowing west → east through the centre

Sulak Canyon elevation profile

West → east through the centre

Hover the profile to read elevation and distance.Tap or drag along the profile to read elevation and distance.

Weather

Sulak Canyon weather

Tonight · Fog · 4°C (39°F) · Wind 8 km/h SW

Sulak Canyon forecast for about 1,732 m.

Tonight4°–8 km/h SW
Today4°8°2.6 mm20 km/h E
Sun2°7°0.4 mm19 km/h E
Mon2°7°–17 km/h E
Tue2°6°–9 km/h E
Wed3°6°0.8 mm9 km/h E
Thu3°6°0.4 mm10 km/h SE
Fri3°6°0.1 mm9 km/h E
Sat4°7°1.9 mm6 km/h NE
Sun3°8°–5 km/h E

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:18 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Sulak Canyon

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Sulak Canyon, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

Nearest parking
0.6 km WSW
+2 more within 4.5 km
Directions Map
Nearest campsite
1.8 km N
+2 more within 3.1 km
Directions Map

All mapped places 6

Place	Distance
Parking	0.6 km WSW
Parking	1.3 km N
Campsite	1.8 km N
flat area for tentCampsite	2.3 km N
Дубовая рощаCampsite	3.1 km NNE
Parking	4.5 km SE

Slope

Share of the 29.4 × 29.4 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 55% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

55.3%

Moderate, 15–30°

29.4%

Steep, 30–45°

13.4%

Cliffs, 45° and over

1.9%

Steeper than 30°: 15.3% of the 864 km² view
Relief in view: 2,559 m low point 153 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 65.8%Trees 22.8%Water 4.5%Bare rock / sparse 3.7%Cropland 2.2%Built-up 0.9%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 14.7 km; 641 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Eurasian Griffon118
Hoary sage42
Crested Lark31
Cinereous Vulture25
Bearded Vulture23
Horned sainfoin23

Where it sits

Where Sulak Canyon sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Darial Gorge1,447 m183 km W

Downloads

Sulak Canyon downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

Free files made in your browser from this page's terrain data. No sign-up; credit the sources below.

Print & wall

JPGSulak Canyon satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-08-08.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

</>Embed this mapPaste this into your site to show the interactive 3D terrain, with a credit link back here.

<iframe src="https://topolu.com/embed/sulak-canyon" width="100%" height="480" style="border:0" loading="lazy" allowfullscreen title="3D terrain of Sulak Canyon"></iframe>
<p><a href="https://topolu.com/sulak-canyon" rel="nofollow">Topolu</a></p>

Free to use with credit: see the data sources

Sources

Data sources

Terrain: Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Imagery: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-08-08)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Wildlife: iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Forecast: Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources: Wikidata · Wikipedia

Sulak Canyon

West → east through the centre

Nearest parking

Nearest campsite